Alloway Arch
Located just East of Union Station, the Alloway Arch has been constructed from the façade of the original Alloway and Champion Bank, which once stood at 362 Main Street. In its heyday, Alloway and Champion was the largest private bank in Western Canada and one of its owners, William Forbes Alloway, went on to establish The Winnipeg Foundation in 1921. Three years later, the Foundation received its second gift, this one anonymous: three gold coins, each worth five dollars, in an envelope bearing the words “The Widow’s Mite.”
The Arch represents Mr. Alloway’s investment in our community while the adjacent fountain symbolizes the pooling of gifts made by people from all walks of life to build The Winnipeg Foundation.
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